Secure East-West Workload Traffic Without Firewalls
Securely connect workloads across multiple clouds, regions, and VPCs/VNETs
Enable cloud workloads to securely communicate with workloads in other cloud regions, public cloud infrastructure, or VPCs/VNETs—without complex bespoke cloud routing.
Prevent ransomware attacks
Stop lateral movement of threats
Segment high-risk applications
The Problem
Firewalls don't protect your workloads across multiple clouds
VPNs and firewalls often rely on rigid, complex rules and policies to segment workloads. Their static nature facilitates lateral movement of threats and unauthorized access, increasing the attack surface and resulting in:
Complex and hard-to-manage firewall policies
Overlapping IP address issues in VPCs/VNETs
Greater risk exposure across the environment
Solution Overview
Simplify and secure workload-to-workload connectivity with Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud. Modern applications are increasingly designed as distributed microservices, deployed across VPC/VNET environments. Achieving secure connectivity between these workloads is only possible with a cloud native zero trust architecture.
Enforce granular controls over workload traffic by segmenting workloads across multiple clouds and regions. Zero Trust Cloud provides least-privileged access for every workload using user-defined tags, ensuring secure and precise segmentation throughout your distributed environment.
Benefits
Achieve workload security and segmentation without the complexity
Connect applications, not networks
Securely connect workloads without the need to rewire your networks
Stop ransomware attacks
Minimize the attack surface and eliminate lateral movement of threats
Segment workloads across clouds/regions
Enforce least-privileged access to workloads based on business needs
Use Cases
Simplify multicloud workload security
Lift and shift mission-critical applications from on-premises environments to the cloud with confidence.
Enable secure and seamless connectivity of workloads in and across multiple clouds.
Seamlessly satisfy regulatory requirements for segmentation, such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and more.
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customer success stories
FICO extends zero trust to production workloads in the cloud
Micron secures workloads in hybrid cloud environments
NOV reduces costs while securing workloads worldwide
FAQ
East-west workload traffic occurs when enterprise workloads communicate with each other within a single cloud or across multiple clouds, regions, or availability zones. Often, workloads are deployed across VPCs or VNets in the same region that needs to be secured. Legacy architectures that rely on firewalls and VPNs are ineffective at securing this type of traffic, leaving organizations exposed to significant risks.
Legacy architectures built on firewalls and VPNs multiply the attack surface and permit lateral movement of threats. In addition, these solutions are often complex to manage and expensive to maintain. As a result, organizations become more vulnerable to ransomware attacks and frequently encounter issues like IP conflicts.
A zero trust architecture segments and secures east-west traffic by enforcing least-privileged access for every workload. By eliminating implicit trust, it prevents lateral movement of threats, such as ransomware. With zero trust, you can apply granular, tag-based policies to protect workloads across multi-cloud environments, minimizing your organization’s attack surface.